4 Ways Caffeine Keeps You From Realizing Your Potential By Travis Bradberry

Today's tip for improving your performance is one of the most simple and straightforward methods I’ve provided thus far. For many people, this tip has the potential to have a bigger impact than any other single action. The catch? You have to cut down on caffeine, and as any caffeine drinker can attest, this is easier said than done.

The Daily Habits of Exceptional Leaders By Travis Bradberry

One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoon’s history begins with Dilbert’s boss relaying senior leadership’s explanation for the company’s low profits. In response to his boss, Dilbert asks incredulously, “So they’re saying that profits went up because of great leadership and down because of a weak economy?” To which Dilbert’s boss replies, “These meetings will go faster if you stop putting things in context.”

Why You Should Keep Your Job AND Start a Business By Jeff Haden

A while back I published a post on starting a business while keeping your full-time job. I listed a number of reasons why this makes sense. I even included some practical steps.
But I didn’t go far enough.
So let's go farther.

How Smart People Work Less and Get More Done By Travis Bradberry

Some people have an uncanny ability to get things done. They keep their nights and weekends sacred and still get more done than people who work 10 or 20 hours more per week than they do.
A new study from Stanford shows that they are on to something.

Don't Praise Accomplishments, Praise Effort: Science Says So By Jeff Haden

Praise motivates. Praise encourages. Praise inspires.
Sometimes.
Depending on the approach you take, praising an employee can actually have the opposite effect. The difference lies in whether we assume skill is based on innate ability or on hard work and effort.
Put another way, are people born with certain talents, or can talent be developed? (I think talent can definitely be developed, but that's just me.)

What Is the Absolute Best Way to Motivate Employees? Hire Employees Who Already Embrace Your Mission By Jeff Haden

Struggling to find people who will embrace your culture and commit to your goals? Stop trying to “convert” them – find people who are already motivated because they believe in what you do.
Groundbreaking technologies – and groundbreaking companies – often seem to come out of nowhere. We often have no sense of what the next big thing will be until the next big thing is already upon us.

4 STEPS AND MORE, TO FOCUS ON WORK BY SHIRISH DEODHAR

It’s a digital world out there, and we are all connected to it with our multiple devices. While it is a good thing, these very same devices of convenience are also weapons of mass distractions. An email here, a social media ping there, a call, a text, a colleague who stops by for a chat – personal task management gets thrown out the window with every new interruption and distraction.